Project No.

2
Consonant s and Vowels in English Dialects (American vs. Australian Dialect)
Presenters: Christian Corrales Solrzano Pamela Fernndez Brizuela Claudia Oviedo Melndez Nelson Rivera Garita Douglas Villegas Araya

Research Objectives
Analyzing the main linguistic differences between consonant and vowels in American English and Australian English. Recognizing the most relevant variation in diphthongs from American English and Standard English.

Development of the Presentation

Introduction to the Project: (Background, Characteristics and Origins)

Academic Video to introduce the analysis

Comparison and Contrast between American and Australian English (Consonants and Vowels) Semantic Variations between American and Australian English

Australian English
Australian English is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language.

Background
Despite being given no official status in the constitution, English is Australia's official language and is the first language and used exclusively by a large majority of the population.

Origins

The earliest form of Australian English was first spoken by the children of the colonists born into the colony of New South Wales. This very first generation of children created a new dialect that was to become the language of the nation. The Australian-born children in the new colony were exposed to a wide range of different dialects from all over the British Isles, in particular from Ireland and South East England.

Characteristics
Australian English is a non-rhotic variety of English spoken by most native-born Australians. Phonologically, it is one of the most regionally homogeneous language varieties in the world. As with most dialects of English, it is distinguished primarily by its vowel phonology.

Intervocalic alveolar flapping

Intervocalic /t/ and /d/ undergoes voicing and flapping to the alveolar tap [] after the stressed syllable and before unstressed vowels (as in butter, party) and syllabic /l/.

Flapping
Intervocalic alveolar flapping is a phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially North American English and Australian English, by which either or both prevocalic (preceding a vowel) /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar tap [] after sonorants other than //, /m/, and (in some environments) /l/.

Flapping occurs
after vowel: butter after r: barter after l: faculty (but not immediately posttonic: alter al[t]er, not *al[]er)

Intervocalic Alveolar Flapping

Flapping/tapping does not occur in most dialects when the /t/ or /d/ immediately precedes a stressed vowel, as in retail Australian English also flaps/taps wordinternally before a stressed vowel in words like "fourteen".
Australian English

/forin/

Diphthong /OU/
Your tongue needs to start off near the middle of your mouth, with your mouth open. Then your tongue needs to move back and up slightly at the same time as you close your lips. Your lips also need to be 'rounded' slightly.

Boat

Goat

Coat

Feature Table for Australian English Offgliding Diphthongs

Phoneme high e low + + front + back + round tense offglide + + + +

+ -

+ - (+?)
- (+?)

+ +
+

+ +
+

Variations in Dipthongs
Dipthongs /a/ /e/ buy, high, ride, write

/e/
/a/ /o/ //

//
// // /o/

bay, hey, fate

bough, how, pout beau, hoe, poke boy, hoy

/ju/

/j/

beauty, hue, pew, new

Interesting Semantic Variations

Australian English amber World Standard English beer

arvo
barbie barrack beaut bloke chook clobber

afternoon
barbecue cheer great man chicken clothes

crook

ill

Activity
Read the following lists of words as an Australian speaker would:
List to repeat feel /fl/ Part /Pa:t/ spoon /spn/ pat /pet/ puppy /papi:/

pay /p/ high /h/ cow /c/ no /n/ hear /hi:/ pair /pe:/